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that's money that could have gone into your local businesses so they could hire and create more jobs in your town. but republicans in congress still won't let that happen. that's only held back the economy when we should be doing everything we can to accelerate our economic engine. let's be honest. republicans in congress won't act on this plan before the election, but maybe they'll come to their senses afterward if you give them a push. so contact your representative, especially if this plan will help you or somebody you know. tell him or her that american homeowners have waited long enough. tell them that it's time for congress to stop standing in the way of our recovery and start standing up for you. thanks and have a great weekend. >> hello, i'm jeff flake, congressman from arizona's sixth district. last week the obama administration confirmed that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 will be $1.1 trillion. this will mark the fourth year in a row that the federal government has spent more than it has taken in to the tune of over $1 trillion. with the school year underway acros
that's money that could have gone into your local businesses so they could hire and create more jobs in your town. but republicans in congress still won't let that happen. that's only held back the economy when we should be doing everything we can to accelerate our economic engine. let's be honest. republicans in congress won't act on this plan before the election, but maybe they'll come to their senses afterward if you give them a push. so contact your representative, especially if this plan...
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local governments lay down their budgets in january. as the economic advisor to the governor, you have to tell him what to do in his budget to portray what your state will do to deal with the problems of will come up. >> and do you do a lot of work in state and local governments? >> he raises a i think first eight budgets, i don't think it's whether you get a deal in january. i think it is are we going to have significant further cuts in discretionary spending, non- defense discretionary spending well below the budget control act, given one-third of that is to state and local governments. are we going to have big cost chefs in medicaid. those are the two biggest factors effecting state budget in terms of what the fed -- in terms of what the federal government does. it's hard to know the outcome until the deal unfolds. inon't know what the deal is that interim. i would tell the governor he should contact the state's congressional delegation and urged them and that we should not go below the budget control act caps and given what i view t
local governments lay down their budgets in january. as the economic advisor to the governor, you have to tell him what to do in his budget to portray what your state will do to deal with the problems of will come up. >> and do you do a lot of work in state and local governments? >> he raises a i think first eight budgets, i don't think it's whether you get a deal in january. i think it is are we going to have significant further cuts in discretionary spending, non- defense...
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i want you to drive it, because so much that has to do with our public lands and the attitudes locally that will help me help you in making this a reality. i think engaging, harnessing, and even asking for the help of the nation's governors. typically they meet with the president once or twice a year and get briefings. i need some help on energy policy. let's help fill in some of the gaps and make it a national effort, if you will. i think there is huge, untapped potential in that area that could speak to bipartisanship. >> the biggest policy achievement of the last 20 years might have been welfare reform. that was dumb by clinton -- that was done by clinton. i think you could imagine -- you can do serious health care reform. even obamacare will depend on the states doing some things. governors understand those issues. >> i think governor romney would be in a position to instinctively understand the culture of governors, how to harness them. >> other questions? >> you stated that the president has an opportunity to set a framework. congress has been addressed a lot, and things like fil
i want you to drive it, because so much that has to do with our public lands and the attitudes locally that will help me help you in making this a reality. i think engaging, harnessing, and even asking for the help of the nation's governors. typically they meet with the president once or twice a year and get briefings. i need some help on energy policy. let's help fill in some of the gaps and make it a national effort, if you will. i think there is huge, untapped potential in that area that...
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where are more equipped to work locally now, and we have many black women that we are pushing in local and congressional elections now. >> i want to bring up what we saw in 2006, and i moderated an event, a group of latino music publishers in las vegas. i pushed them and challenged them on this notion in terms of did latinos take advantage of the millions of folks who were marching across the country? made the argument and it took about an hour for folks to go we will concede your point, that the lesson out of that is you being issues,s but if you cannot have it sophisticated political infrastructure to take the books on the ground and translate that into public policy, all you end up with our massive marches. from a latino-hispanic standpoint, give a perspective of what has happened in the last six years to understand that it cannot just be a million folks turned out unless you have a plan the day after the march? >> participation is a central element. marching is a central element of civil preoccupation. this is been a unique position in the latino community to where it has been much
where are more equipped to work locally now, and we have many black women that we are pushing in local and congressional elections now. >> i want to bring up what we saw in 2006, and i moderated an event, a group of latino music publishers in las vegas. i pushed them and challenged them on this notion in terms of did latinos take advantage of the millions of folks who were marching across the country? made the argument and it took about an hour for folks to go we will concede your point,...
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we have to know who our local partners are. we have to have good tools to distinguish our local adversaries from them. not everybody with a turban is al qaeda. we have to have that view on the ground. you cannot fight a war by remote control. that is a practical solution. from a legal standpoint, i would say, if you are worried about the liberation of technology, we have a number of tools to prevent proliferation of all kinds of dangers. an agreement, a nuclear materials with a treaty, and with drones, we have a legal regime that says if you have a rocket system or a drone system, for a range of more than 300 kilometers, the technology on that is controlled. there are some countries where you cannot export that technology. it is a voluntary regime. it is developed countries that have worried about this proliferation. if you get a regime like that from a voluntary regime to a binding regime, then international law has answers to deal with some of these problems. practical question, a legal question, and then a strategy question.
we have to know who our local partners are. we have to have good tools to distinguish our local adversaries from them. not everybody with a turban is al qaeda. we have to have that view on the ground. you cannot fight a war by remote control. that is a practical solution. from a legal standpoint, i would say, if you are worried about the liberation of technology, we have a number of tools to prevent proliferation of all kinds of dangers. an agreement, a nuclear materials with a treaty, and with...
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local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic six researchers, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. the protection of our nation's diplomats, embassies and consulates, and the work produced there is deserving of the time and treasure invested. i am glad to further discuss my expenses and hope it provides beneficial to the committee, the state department, and my final ds agents -- fellow ds agents. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. may god bless our country as we work toward peace in a contentious world. i stand ready to answer any questions you might have of me. >> thank you. ms. lamb. could you turn on your mike, please? that's all right, your
local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic six researchers, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily...
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you can do that here locally. and you protect the funds and to allow local leaders to make decisions about how those funds are used. that is the best. >> my son carter and my son micah both go to public school. and the kind of testing that is required today is not helpful to their teacher to be able to tailor construction to them individually. in addition, it is a great public school. it was -- it did not beat ayp, as it did three things incredibly well and one thing not to standard. that has simply labeled our children and our schools and not helped our teachers either. >> we will move to the program where congressman, you get to ask a question of representative wilson. you have 30 seconds to ask that question. rep wilson, you have one minute and 15 seconds to respond. representative heinrich, you have 30 seconds to rebut. >> and as someone who came here undocumented, unbeknownst to them when they were three months of age, those are the dreamers, those are the kids that the dream act were designed for. would you
you can do that here locally. and you protect the funds and to allow local leaders to make decisions about how those funds are used. that is the best. >> my son carter and my son micah both go to public school. and the kind of testing that is required today is not helpful to their teacher to be able to tailor construction to them individually. in addition, it is a great public school. it was -- it did not beat ayp, as it did three things incredibly well and one thing not to standard. that...
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she has been up there for year- and-a-half talking about a local message for those counties bursa's the kind of national grandstanding. right now, she is running against a longtime incumbent, although he is not an incumbent in that district. the 39 counties in that district and congressman king has already represented 19 of them. his brand is pretty much baking a cake. it's hard for him to back off some of the rhetorical flourishes he has used. we have an incredibly interesting races underneath the president. host: sue dvorsky, chairman of the iowa democratic party. republican caller. good morning. caller: i watch the sunday news shows to try to get all sides of the issues. i would like to know what kind of impact on iowa voters is the white house cover-up of the bank of the terror attacks happening -- having? guest: the morning. i know this i know quite slamming into you, but i hope that all of your sick on the east coast. the very complicated set of circumstances, both in been gauzy and libya in general in the part of the world, i really believe that those not lend itself to easy poli
she has been up there for year- and-a-half talking about a local message for those counties bursa's the kind of national grandstanding. right now, she is running against a longtime incumbent, although he is not an incumbent in that district. the 39 counties in that district and congressman king has already represented 19 of them. his brand is pretty much baking a cake. it's hard for him to back off some of the rhetorical flourishes he has used. we have an incredibly interesting races underneath...
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nine swing states around the country who are monitoring for the most part local coverage. newspapers and television, for the most part, so i edit that crew, and i also write a bit. i would like to also make an optimistic point. his stuff is pretty fascinating, issenberg, and i think a big thing to take away is that there is a lot of lazy analysis that makes its way into much political journalism, even like regular news accounts, and is useful to remember that we do not know as much as we might think we know or that we might be sort of operating on received wisdom that does not hold up or has not been tested. at the same time, i think amy makes the right point. there is a sort of gee whiz aspect. humility, do not assume that the campaigns are experts at this either. at the conventions, the conventions are not news events. they are political ritual. there are the campaign's, and then the parties to present themselves to the country. -- there are the campaigns. the messages that the parties are offering. we have lots of time to say our peace -- piece. people are at times expe
nine swing states around the country who are monitoring for the most part local coverage. newspapers and television, for the most part, so i edit that crew, and i also write a bit. i would like to also make an optimistic point. his stuff is pretty fascinating, issenberg, and i think a big thing to take away is that there is a lot of lazy analysis that makes its way into much political journalism, even like regular news accounts, and is useful to remember that we do not know as much as we might...
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. >> and those grants which make it possible for states and local communities to clean up rivers and harbors and streams. [applause] >> mr. vice president, jimmy carter has called this the worst campaign ever. richard nixon has called it trivial, superficial, and inane. whoever started down this road first, of negative campaigning, the american people, from all reports coming to us, are completely fed up. now, do you have any solutions to suggest? is there time left to fix it? there are 26 days left. for instance, would you agree to another debate, before it's all over, so that the american people would have another chance before election day to compare you two? >> no. i will not agree to another debate. the american people are up to here with debates. they had thirty of them. we had seven of them. now we've got three of them. i am going to carry this election debate all across this country in the last whatever remains of the last three and a half weeks, or whatever we have and the answer is no. i am not going to have any more debates, we don't need any more debates. i've spelled out
. >> and those grants which make it possible for states and local communities to clean up rivers and harbors and streams. [applause] >> mr. vice president, jimmy carter has called this the worst campaign ever. richard nixon has called it trivial, superficial, and inane. whoever started down this road first, of negative campaigning, the american people, from all reports coming to us, are completely fed up. now, do you have any solutions to suggest? is there time left to fix it? there...
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that is appropriate because the white house can't be dealing with every security request from every local american outpost around the world because the president and vice president frankly have more important work to do. so while mistakes seem to have been maid to lay them at the foot of the president is not necessarily fair. now the question is what gets done afterwards? it does raise the level of presidential attention and obama in the last debate said here are the measures we've taken. we've strengthened security at outpost throughout the region. we've launched a full investigation. there are f.b.i. agents looking boo the attacks in libya and the country has promised to bring the attackers into justice. those are the areas the president did can do something and it will be more fair to hold the president to klt. host: one viewer writes -- it's impossible to -- host: how much do you think the past will be brought up? will we hear the presidency of george w. bush brought up or is that not going to be touched by the candidates? guest: romney won't raise it because he's done everything he c
that is appropriate because the white house can't be dealing with every security request from every local american outpost around the world because the president and vice president frankly have more important work to do. so while mistakes seem to have been maid to lay them at the foot of the president is not necessarily fair. now the question is what gets done afterwards? it does raise the level of presidential attention and obama in the last debate said here are the measures we've taken. we've...
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that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tuesday dor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are working, why or why not? >> i think it remains to be seen if race to the top works here in highway highway. it was my office that secured the $75 million we got. mark from my office it was lie son with the department of education and it was the stem, the robotics program that is the feds liked a lot. it does have the potential to work but it remains to be seen. >> as an immigrant to this country, i certainly understand the importance of education as a great equal lieser because otherwise i wouldn't be standing here today. so i have a commiment to make our publ
that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tuesday dor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are...
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we have to know who our local partners are. we have to have good tools to distinguish our local adversaries from them. not everybody with a turban is al qaeda. we have to have that view on the ground. you cannot fight a war by remote control. that is a practical solution. from a legal standpoint, i would say, if you are worried about the liberation of technology, we have a number of tools to prevent proliferation of all kinds of dangers. an agreement, a nuclear materials with a treaty, and with drones, we have a legal regime that says if you have a rocket system or a drone system, for a range of more than 300 kilometers, the technology on that is controlled. there are some countries where you cannot export that technology. it is a voluntary regime. it is developed countries that have worried about this proliferation. if you get a regime like that from a voluntary regime to a binding regime, then international law has answers to deal with some of these problems. practical question, a legal question, and then a strategy question.
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we have part -- we have had local elections. when she did the voting rolls this year, she noticed that she had mark several of the people who had died a small town. she sent it in that these people are deceived and can be taken off the rolls. the next cycle there were still on there. i met in this a problem across the nation. what is the back of the doubt about this? a key you've identified problem. states don't have tools adequate to be able to identify people who died. it is difficult to match john doe from the voter list to a john doe from a death list. even if the magic name and birthday, that is still not sufficient. there is a more significant challenge in smaller areas where you actually know the people. in urban areas with large populations, l.a. county runs elections for the county and they are larger than all but seven states. it would be impossible to know this information so the states in a better tool to match it data much more confidently across multiple sources. they will get much higher quality data when someone
we have part -- we have had local elections. when she did the voting rolls this year, she noticed that she had mark several of the people who had died a small town. she sent it in that these people are deceived and can be taken off the rolls. the next cycle there were still on there. i met in this a problem across the nation. what is the back of the doubt about this? a key you've identified problem. states don't have tools adequate to be able to identify people who died. it is difficult to...
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local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic security service, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. the protection of our nation's diplomats, embassies and consulates, and the work produced there is deserving of the time and treasure invested. i am glad to further discuss my expenses and hope it provides beneficial to the committee, the state department, and my fellow ds agents. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. may god bless our country as we work toward peace in a contentious world. i stand ready to answer any questions you might have of me. >> thank you. ms. lamb. could you turn on your mic, please? that's all right, your first time. >> by
local nationals provide us with continuity, local expertise, threat awareness in their community, and language and cultural skills. i am confident the committee will conclude that officers and employees of the department of state, diplomatic security service, and mission libya conducted themselves professionally and with careful attention to managing the people and budgets in a way that reflected the gravity of the task. i am proud of the work our team accomplished in libya under...
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guest: and even some local one. host: i want to read this e- mail. guest: she is my kind of gal. host: can you speak to that tie? andt: i'm close to her age i think the baby boomer women do feel close to this. their work dispensing birth control out of the back of the infirmary when i went to college. we remember these issues in a personal way. planned parenthood has been around for 99 years. family planning and help with fertility, mammogram screening, prevented screening. this is a visceral issue for the baby boomer women. host: is president obama targeting of that female voters specifically? guest: he is. he is talking about how mitt romney reaffirmed that position wants to do away with planned parenthood. planned parenthood's favorability is 69% right now, it is more popular than the president or his challenger. host: favoring the democrats in 1992. guest: that is right. catholic women have favorable attitudes towards planned parenthood. most catholic women sitting in mass -- host: let's go next to nancy in nevada. caller: good morning. .'m voting for mitt romney i have said
guest: and even some local one. host: i want to read this e- mail. guest: she is my kind of gal. host: can you speak to that tie? andt: i'm close to her age i think the baby boomer women do feel close to this. their work dispensing birth control out of the back of the infirmary when i went to college. we remember these issues in a personal way. planned parenthood has been around for 99 years. family planning and help with fertility, mammogram screening, prevented screening. this is a visceral...
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or did you see some type of difference between local taxes? >> my role as county executive is very different. the county executive, i am required to have a balanced budget. i took over a county that was effectively bankrupt. when you looked at the fact we had no money in the bank, are medicaid goes up $6 million a year, we have no control over pensions, no control over the amount of sales tax, no control over the value of our real estate. a county executive has to manage playing the cards he is dealt. and being honest with the voters. we're going to have to very small property tax increase to get discounted that and the right direction. the next three years, no tax increases. i had a four-year plan that was approved by the fiscal stability authority. i took over a mess and i had to be honest with the tax payers. i guess i am out of time. >> is there a situation you could see where you get to washington and look at the situation when it comes to deficit reduction and suppose the deal and be able to say, the reality here is that tax increases ha
or did you see some type of difference between local taxes? >> my role as county executive is very different. the county executive, i am required to have a balanced budget. i took over a county that was effectively bankrupt. when you looked at the fact we had no money in the bank, are medicaid goes up $6 million a year, we have no control over pensions, no control over the amount of sales tax, no control over the value of our real estate. a county executive has to manage playing the cards...
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in florida, this is a hot issue on the local ballot. we have an amendment up for voters that would be fiercely -- officially declare that florida will not participate in president obama's health care reforms, that the state would not have any role in expanding medicaid. we think federal law will treat any state action. the republican-dominated politicians in tallahassee are still making it the primary issue. there is a bit of fear mongering going on. both camps trying to take advantage and paid their posts theirpain -- paint their foes in a negative light? host: who are you voting for? caller: i am voting for the winner, president barack obama. rick scott came in. his platform was let's get back to work. from the time he got into office, he started laying off people. nobody is looking at these things and seen what is going on. host: 84 the call. mark simpson? guest: governor scott did come on the platform in trying to create jobs. that is assuming he gets another term. one issue that is important locally but does not get much play on th
in florida, this is a hot issue on the local ballot. we have an amendment up for voters that would be fiercely -- officially declare that florida will not participate in president obama's health care reforms, that the state would not have any role in expanding medicaid. we think federal law will treat any state action. the republican-dominated politicians in tallahassee are still making it the primary issue. there is a bit of fear mongering going on. both camps trying to take advantage and paid...
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that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tutor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are working, why or why not? >> i think it remains to be seen if race to the top works here in hawaii. it was my office that secured the $75 million we got. mark from my office it was lie son with the department of education and it was the stem, the robotics program that is the feds liked a lot. it does have the potential to work but it remains to be seen. >> as an immigrant to this country, i certainly understand the importance of education as a great equal lieser because otherwise i wouldn't be standing here today. so i have a commitment to make our public schools as
that is done on a local level. i'd like local control. i think there are some programs that do work. i was a volunteer reading tutor for ten years in the chapter one reading program. this title one reading was for students who came from low income families who needed extra help. so i would tutor them one on one and that money came from the federal government. so some of the programs work well but i would like control to be on the local level. >> do you think those programs are working,...
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communities are stretching and struggling to pay for local schools. many costs are based on awhat should the role of the federal government be in local education? >> i work very hard to provide the tools and resources to our community to get funding for new schools and i am proud of that. very supportive of the new issues that are been initiated. we are doing a lot and i never voted for a mandate. it is one of the things that is killing communities like springfield and everybody in western massachusetts and throughout our great state. it is the high cost of education that is driving the train. just go back because i have time, student interest rates, the bottom line is that you cannot rewrite my record. we made sure we did without raising taxes. constant criticisms on the fact that i do not want to raise taxes on many americans. we did it without raising taxes by tweaking federal programs. and finding a way to do it better. when it comes to jobs and jobs creation, i worked very hard as a state senator and continue to work with the community college. w
communities are stretching and struggling to pay for local schools. many costs are based on awhat should the role of the federal government be in local education? >> i work very hard to provide the tools and resources to our community to get funding for new schools and i am proud of that. very supportive of the new issues that are been initiated. we are doing a lot and i never voted for a mandate. it is one of the things that is killing communities like springfield and everybody in...
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or why not go to the local wal- mart and get whatever drug i want to put in my body? how come everybody else does not get to have that privilege over their own body? host: anita on our support president obama line in yazoo, mississippi. caller: good morning. i stopped the debate was wonderful. vice president biden did a very good job against paul ryan. the abortion topic, with a woman were raped or had a disability or sickness, why should they not make a decision if they want to give life or end life? that's a woman's decision. obama has done a wonderful job. if they allow obama and other four-year term, i'm sure he can straighten out everything. everybody is pushing against obama about what's going on. they did not look at what the last president set up for him. it took him a full your years to get in there and will take another four years to get it straightened out. it everybody should lay off president obama and give him the right to they have given all other presidents to do things fairly. as far as welfare and food stamps, there's a lot of people that need that.
or why not go to the local wal- mart and get whatever drug i want to put in my body? how come everybody else does not get to have that privilege over their own body? host: anita on our support president obama line in yazoo, mississippi. caller: good morning. i stopped the debate was wonderful. vice president biden did a very good job against paul ryan. the abortion topic, with a woman were raped or had a disability or sickness, why should they not make a decision if they want to give life or...
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the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps it's time we knowledge that women are no more homogenous in voting that are other suburbs of society. and here is another one. why do democrats want to divide americans in the groups against each other anyway? here is another call. caller: with all of this information over the years telling people which way things are going with polls, which those are strictly surveys and are unreliable. i am just wondering, how does the working man c'mon -- the working man, which is 97%, come up with a winner? tricky dick.ted fo
the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps...
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you might read it on your local paper which in your local paper. she has worked in washington for the last six years. we're talking about the building fiscal cliff and the gang of eight. nothing is expected to happen before the election. realistically, how much traction can leaders get in a lame duck congress? guest: it is a good point, and something that might get best add a lot of people look at congress and say why can they not get this -- might get missed, and a lot of people look to congress and say why can they not get this done? leadership plays a role. we talked about the role of the person in the white house. both the leaders of the house and senate, nancy pelosi, senate majority leader harry reid, those people need to want to make a deal. as much as the game of six or eight might come up with a framework it is difficult for those individual senators or, even as a group, to move the rest of congress until the leaders give the green light. i think that will take weeks. that will not be an easy thing to happen, even if taken up with a framew
you might read it on your local paper which in your local paper. she has worked in washington for the last six years. we're talking about the building fiscal cliff and the gang of eight. nothing is expected to happen before the election. realistically, how much traction can leaders get in a lame duck congress? guest: it is a good point, and something that might get best add a lot of people look at congress and say why can they not get this -- might get missed, and a lot of people look to...
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decision should be supported by local funding. i also believe in targeted aid, which is why i support a reversal of the decisions that have really destroyed local policy making for education as well as local funding and destroy the opportunity for the state to provide for targeted aid to help our cities and towns. we need full in the end, it is made by the decision makers in the city and town. >> the you have a plan to provide property tax relief to new hampshire residents? -- do you have a plan. >> i do. specifically, it is bringing economic recovery back to new hampshire. we'll have more revenue and terms of broadening the tax base. that is the way it works. looking at opportunities for us to continue to provide incentives for senior citizens to stay in their homes as well as targeting aid to help the cities and towns that don't have the ability to provide education support. >> i oppose an income or sales tax and this is a promise that i have kept in the city senate and i will continue to keep. in a recent debate last week, it w
decision should be supported by local funding. i also believe in targeted aid, which is why i support a reversal of the decisions that have really destroyed local policy making for education as well as local funding and destroy the opportunity for the state to provide for targeted aid to help our cities and towns. we need full in the end, it is made by the decision makers in the city and town. >> the you have a plan to provide property tax relief to new hampshire residents? -- do you have...
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sales, property, state and local, federal. in the most recent year we have numbers for come up 47% of people did not pay federal income taxes, but over half of them paid payroll taxes. if you look at the people who did not pay either federal income or payroll, that's only 18% of the population. 60% of those people are elderly. we give them a break by not taxing their social security and come unless they have a lot of other income as well. if you look at the tax system as a whole, it's basically flat. people in the state of washington, the bottom 20% a 17% while the top only pays about 2%. the federal income-tax system barely makes up for how regressive other types are. everyone pays taxes. host: on twitter -- did you would like to share your opinion, you can write to @cspanwj. let's look at more details from president obama's plan for individual taxes. he would keep tax rates for people making less than $250,000 for the way they are. raise the top income bracket to 36% and 36.9%. raise taxes on dividends. household over $1 mil
sales, property, state and local, federal. in the most recent year we have numbers for come up 47% of people did not pay federal income taxes, but over half of them paid payroll taxes. if you look at the people who did not pay either federal income or payroll, that's only 18% of the population. 60% of those people are elderly. we give them a break by not taxing their social security and come unless they have a lot of other income as well. if you look at the tax system as a whole, it's basically...
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they say they need this to enclose the local provincial -- they are not competing for capital. this is the model of state capitalism that has to be confronted and addressed. this is where i applaud my friend, tim rice. >> we will come back. let me start on the currency question. should the president be considering china a currency manipulator? >> i am for both of them and i suspect that you are for one of them. i think if you have -- if you have the rule that people who manage the metula their currency should be labelled as such and you know that china is doing this, not labeling them seems cognitively dissonant to me. it is true, and as a member of the administration i would scratch my head in meetings with colleagues, and what people will tell you, people will tell you, we understand this and it makes sense. but if you are sitting across the table to negotiate with these people, this is not going to get them where you want to go. i have never sat at the table and negotiated. if that is the case, don't have a policy that says that we will label people, and did not label them.
they say they need this to enclose the local provincial -- they are not competing for capital. this is the model of state capitalism that has to be confronted and addressed. this is where i applaud my friend, tim rice. >> we will come back. let me start on the currency question. should the president be considering china a currency manipulator? >> i am for both of them and i suspect that you are for one of them. i think if you have -- if you have the rule that people who manage the...
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some of the most powerful solutions come from local government and also grass roots. people power. not from washington or paris or moscow or beijing. finally, i learned quickly that a post partisan way of governing is the most effective way. if you believed you could only use the ideas of the right and left, you would never be able to move forward. you would never go and be successful. we saw that in california and in other states. we have seen post partisanship work all over the world. here the u.s.c. schwarzenegger institute, we will bring the most brilliant ideas and most solutions to the forefront no matter what the ideologies behind it. that is our mission. we will research with all of the brain power that we can muster and will produce solution that's can be used not only on this state but all over the world. this isn't just an idea institute although we will debate and research the best ideas but this is an action institute to protect and export the california dream to inspire local action and political courage based not on ideology but on solutions for the people. we want t
some of the most powerful solutions come from local government and also grass roots. people power. not from washington or paris or moscow or beijing. finally, i learned quickly that a post partisan way of governing is the most effective way. if you believed you could only use the ideas of the right and left, you would never be able to move forward. you would never go and be successful. we saw that in california and in other states. we have seen post partisanship work all over the world. here...
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at the local level and at the boards of election, we have the insurance of making sure we have an open process where people can watch. there is a paranoia and i can understand that. in florida, when they were looking at everything, those were serious issues that actually decided the presidency of the united states. what we are worried about in our paranoia way is we want to make sure our machines are working and checked off. >> let me just say we are well prepared. we have a secretary of state that is well prepared. our 88 board of elections are going to be well prepared. while the entire nation may be watching to see where a high of goes, i think is going to come out to ohio and florida and possibly virginia. i don't want to state the -- edward to understate the importance of ohio. but we're not florida and their not going to have any hanging chad's. whether you are a democrat or republican or somewhere in between, your vote is going to be counted. you have 700 something ours where you can vote at your vote will be counted accurately and recorded. i understand the concerns and some pe
at the local level and at the boards of election, we have the insurance of making sure we have an open process where people can watch. there is a paranoia and i can understand that. in florida, when they were looking at everything, those were serious issues that actually decided the presidency of the united states. what we are worried about in our paranoia way is we want to make sure our machines are working and checked off. >> let me just say we are well prepared. we have a secretary of...
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and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called the lily ledbetter bill. and it's named after this amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she was getting paid less, and the supreme court said that she couldn't bring suit because she should have found about it earlier, whereas she had no way of finding out about it. so we fixed that. and that's an example of the kind of advocacy that we need, because women are increasingly the breadwinners in the family. this is not just a women's issue, this is a family issue, this is a middle-class issue, and that's why we've got to fight for it. it also means that we've got to make sure that young people like yourself are able to afford a college education. earlier, governor romney talked about he wants to
and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called the lily ledbetter bill. and it's named after this amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she was...
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and david, i would guess but some of the voted democrat locally for your local elections. that is an important demographic. the president does well among -- north of the 1-4 corridor, a lot of world democrats, who historically vote republican, and vote more democrat down the ticket. that is important for the president. he can hold his own against th them he will win the debate. host: here is a tweet, do we want to reelect obama only to impeach and remove him for the benghazi cover-up? there's news this morning there were official e-mails to the white house saying there was a militant group responsible for that attack. do you think displays in the state of florida? guest: not really. first of all, the president did extremely well. i would be the first to admit he did not do very well in the first debate. is done well in the second two. what you saw in the debate on foreign policy was the ever- changing mitt romney, the etch a sketch mitt romney, changing. two weeks prior he said -- i thought he said he likes the timeline in afghanistan and we have to get out quickly. at the
and david, i would guess but some of the voted democrat locally for your local elections. that is an important demographic. the president does well among -- north of the 1-4 corridor, a lot of world democrats, who historically vote republican, and vote more democrat down the ticket. that is important for the president. he can hold his own against th them he will win the debate. host: here is a tweet, do we want to reelect obama only to impeach and remove him for the benghazi cover-up? there's...
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understand local technology. rather than bidding on everything, it shot blocked by fire trucks and wilmington bought one, they were all going out to bid -- if charlotte bought 5 fire trucks and wilmington bought one, there were all going out to bid. i am all about looking at the inefficiencies of government. that is the first thing i would do what i had my cabinet members in. let's talk about how we find efficiencies and put them on paper. i want you to sign a contract on how we are going to make us more efficient. we will hold you to that contract. that is the way we develop efficiency in our state government. >> a question about leadership. many polls indicate voters do not have confidence in either party to get things done. if you are elected and the opposition party is in control of the legislature, how can you deal with -- what did you say to voters to say this will not be a rubber stamp administration? >> you lead by example. three times what i was in the north carolina senate and as lieutenant governor, i
understand local technology. rather than bidding on everything, it shot blocked by fire trucks and wilmington bought one, they were all going out to bid -- if charlotte bought 5 fire trucks and wilmington bought one, there were all going out to bid. i am all about looking at the inefficiencies of government. that is the first thing i would do what i had my cabinet members in. let's talk about how we find efficiencies and put them on paper. i want you to sign a contract on how we are going to...
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they tend to vote republican at the top of the ticket but i would guess you voted democrat in your local elections and that's an important demographic. if the president does well, a lot of rural areas but who has directly vote top of the ticket republican. but if he can hold his own, he can hold the state. >> but me get your take on foreign-policy issues. that was the topic earlier this week. this is front-runner -- this is from twitter. there were e-mail's saying there was a militant group responsible for that attack. s play in florida? guest: first of all, the president did extremely well and am the first in line to say he did not do well on the first day but he's done exceedingly well on the second two debates. what you saw on the debate on foreign policy was the ever- changing mitt romney, the etch a sketch mitt romney changing his position. he said at no time line in afghanistan. now he says he likes the idea of a time line and we have to get out quickly. but at the end of the day, the accumulation of what the american people saw in that debate was pretty much the romney saying me t
they tend to vote republican at the top of the ticket but i would guess you voted democrat in your local elections and that's an important demographic. if the president does well, a lot of rural areas but who has directly vote top of the ticket republican. but if he can hold his own, he can hold the state. >> but me get your take on foreign-policy issues. that was the topic earlier this week. this is front-runner -- this is from twitter. there were e-mail's saying there was a militant...
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state and local government in a blow. we are seeing a difference. guest: one of the things you options with government workers is that the trends you might see coming into a recession lags a little bit for state and government workers. you can see red line that it dropped quite quickly in 2007, 2008, 2009. the government line stuck a little longer before they started to decline. by uc wage increases have been particularly low. these are the lowest numbers we have seen since about 30 years. you hear about state governments especially having a lot of fiscal problems, having to lay off workers and provide no wage increases. we are demonstrating that. in recent years, which increases have been about 1% lower a year and you see in private. caller: good morning. what is the reason why they do not want to raise the minimum wage? the cost of living is off the charts. and yet, you have people working, making $7 an hour. which is just ridiculous. and i just personally believe that, if corporations want to get rid of unions, because they do not just want to gi
state and local government in a blow. we are seeing a difference. guest: one of the things you options with government workers is that the trends you might see coming into a recession lags a little bit for state and government workers. you can see red line that it dropped quite quickly in 2007, 2008, 2009. the government line stuck a little longer before they started to decline. by uc wage increases have been particularly low. these are the lowest numbers we have seen since about 30 years. you...
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you can cut a budget that the state, but you will also cut the local government funds. if you are cutting education funds that make it difficult to almost put the state of ohio behind mississippi, and that is a sad case, because mississippi hardly funds the education system. there is a real struggle in making sure we get kids through college. you can balance the budget, but you balloted on the backs of the middle class and the poor, and that is a real struggle. the people now are starting to say they see through the facades of this administration and republicans attempt at holding think youoavote, and i will see a sea change. caller: we have time for two more phone calls. ash. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: please go ahead. caller: i want to apologize for both of the gentleman to have such a lackluster attendance. a topic very interesting. i am in new york. i am talking about the issue of voter suppression, and more importantly in ohio because it is the swing state, the attention given to the voting machines, which has been proven time and time again to be
you can cut a budget that the state, but you will also cut the local government funds. if you are cutting education funds that make it difficult to almost put the state of ohio behind mississippi, and that is a sad case, because mississippi hardly funds the education system. there is a real struggle in making sure we get kids through college. you can balance the budget, but you balloted on the backs of the middle class and the poor, and that is a real struggle. the people now are starting to...
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it means that we are helping state and local governments set up road projects and bridge projects that keep people in their jobs. to then long-term we've got fix our health care system, we've got to fix our energy system that is putting such an enormous burden on families. you need somebody working for you and you've got to have somebody in washington who is thinking about the middle class and not just those who can afford to hire lobbyists. >> senator mccain? >> well, thank you, tom. thank you, belmont university. and senator obama, it's good to be with you at a townhall meeting. and, alan, thank you for your question. you go to the heart of america's worries tonight. americans are angry, they're upset, and they're a little fearful. it's our job to fix the problem. now, i have a plan to fix this problem and it has got to do with energy independence. we've got to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don't want us very -- like us very much. we have to keep americans' taxes low. all americans' taxes low. let's not raise taxes on anybody today. we obviously have to stop this
it means that we are helping state and local governments set up road projects and bridge projects that keep people in their jobs. to then long-term we've got fix our health care system, we've got to fix our energy system that is putting such an enormous burden on families. you need somebody working for you and you've got to have somebody in washington who is thinking about the middle class and not just those who can afford to hire lobbyists. >> senator mccain? >> well, thank you,...
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we agreed to conitnue working closely to address regional and local security challenges. in order to meet the demands for security cooperation and the areas of space in cyberspace, and the two countries concluded the terms of reference on military space cooperation based on which will form a body for cooperation and further promote cyber cooperation among the agency. let me conclude by expressing my credits to buy the hospitality -- my gratitude of the hospitality of secretary panetta. this year is an opportunity to strengthen the republic of korean. the cree and united states will -- south korea and the united states will continue to work more closely sell our alliance will go well into the future. thank you. [inaudible] >> i was wondering if the us government is considering any type of plan to deploy troops in case of north korean provocation? what extent the government planning? after the announcement, lawmakers and south korea raise speculations that washington wants them to join the missile defense. he tell the u.s. government's -- can you tell us the u.s. government
we agreed to conitnue working closely to address regional and local security challenges. in order to meet the demands for security cooperation and the areas of space in cyberspace, and the two countries concluded the terms of reference on military space cooperation based on which will form a body for cooperation and further promote cyber cooperation among the agency. let me conclude by expressing my credits to buy the hospitality -- my gratitude of the hospitality of secretary panetta. this...
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you have to have local capacity to deal with these kind of impunities. and it's going to take time which i don't have a clear answer for your question. the international committee can encourage them and help them set up the course and systems to be able to deal with this but it does take time. and i don't see it happening tomorrow. but i.c.c. is aware of this situation particularly in the case of some of the prominent ones. i'm not sure what the view will be on . this and we face a situation in kenya where you have institutions before the i.c.c. but there were thousands or hundreds involved in the masacre and the displacement of the 650,000 or the 100 who were kilt. and we've been prussing for five years they set up a local try bunele to deal with all of this. before we do -- if i may say one word on libya again because i think it's important. lots of people go around saying that the attempt to mediate in syria, my atevert to mediate in syria gave assad more time to kill people. i've never had such a piece of unmitigated nonsense. honestly it in effect i
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host: -- caller: i am working locally this time, so i can actually get to the polls. i have seen some things that really disturbs me. obama has kept no promises. when obama first got into office democrats have control. romney in his state sure that he could work with the democrats bipartisan. i'm hoping that is the case. the hearings about what happened here just a couple of weeks ago with our people overseas getting killed, they had asked for several times, for reinforcements and for protection. if they're intelligent people in the administration cannot get the information that people overseas need help, then the same intelligence people can't tell them there is a bomb being made overseas. the vice president said that they did not know they needed any help. colonel plaze said they had asked for it several times. host: c-span coverage that hearing yesterday and you can watch that online at c-span.org. the state of washington, has it got -- gone to all male -- in -- all mail-in voting? partially go to that? caller: yes, the ballots will be mailed to us and we can you d
host: -- caller: i am working locally this time, so i can actually get to the polls. i have seen some things that really disturbs me. obama has kept no promises. when obama first got into office democrats have control. romney in his state sure that he could work with the democrats bipartisan. i'm hoping that is the case. the hearings about what happened here just a couple of weeks ago with our people overseas getting killed, they had asked for several times, for reinforcements and for...
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it is courtesy of a local television. it is almost an hour. >> good evening at and thank you for joining us. we are live from wfaa's studios in dallas. we want to welcome viewers across the state. the two u.s. senate candidates, republican ted cruz and democrat paul sadler, are debating for the first time before the november election. it is a race to decide who will represent texans in the u.s. senate. i hope that by the end of the night to have a better idea of who you want to vote for. we will follow your comments and commentary on twitter. just use the hashtag #belodebate. we will be able to follow along. look for additional information on twitter. we will have supplemental information on each candidate on where they stand on issues. this is a very different debate. we are throwing out the rules. candidates will face each other answering tough questions. moderating tonight is wfaa's senior political reporter, brad watson. joining him is political reporter gromer jeffers. let's turn to dan. >> thank you very much. good
it is courtesy of a local television. it is almost an hour. >> good evening at and thank you for joining us. we are live from wfaa's studios in dallas. we want to welcome viewers across the state. the two u.s. senate candidates, republican ted cruz and democrat paul sadler, are debating for the first time before the november election. it is a race to decide who will represent texans in the u.s. senate. i hope that by the end of the night to have a better idea of who you want to vote for....
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was governor, i was able to pick up 2/3 of the cost of education, the biggest increase ever so that local property tax payers could have a break and we could put more money into schools. i increased the money for the university of wisconsin. i set up vocational programs for individuals that are not going to university, for skills training, so that individuals can become a plumber, whatever the case may be. because that is the jobs out there that are going because we do not have the individuals that are skilled to do it. math and science is absolutely important and we have to put the dollars, encourage individuals to go into those programs, because that is our future, ladies and gentlemen. that is what i am dedicated to do. pell grants is one way we can do that. >> it is time for closing statements. we flipped a coin to determine the order. congresswoman baldwin chose to go last. >> thank you very much. thank you for the audience. it has been a spirited debate. our country has some serious problems. we are $16 trillion in debt, $10 trillion of that is while my opponent has been in congress
was governor, i was able to pick up 2/3 of the cost of education, the biggest increase ever so that local property tax payers could have a break and we could put more money into schools. i increased the money for the university of wisconsin. i set up vocational programs for individuals that are not going to university, for skills training, so that individuals can become a plumber, whatever the case may be. because that is the jobs out there that are going because we do not have the individuals...